t. boone pickens to stop his takeover bid. $89 million. >> you've made about $500 million through losing on your attempted takeovers. do you go into it anticipating the loss are still going to stand you very well? >> you never like to lose, but if you lose and make money, well, it makes it a little easier. >> i remember the guy got up and said, i have a question. he said, you're making a lot of money out of this. and i said the shareholders are, too. he said, yes, but you're a fast buck artist. fast buck artist? i said, who in the hell would want to be known as a slow buck artist? >> i see it as a free enterprise system working at its best. >> pickens was really the first investor to realize how undervalued american companies there. and it was his early tilt at all these famous deals that brought this new reality to the attention of other investors who followed in his wake and sought to imitate what he did. >> i freely admit, i am an investor and want to make money. >> it is not wrong to want a profit in capitalist america. it

t. boons pickens said he had a texas sized fall last week that required hospitalization he says he is stillentally strong but that it's hard to find the words he's looking for to speak clearly he says he is confident speech therapy will fix the problem at the end of last year, he had a series of mini strokes that impacted his speech at that point. he was working hard with speech therapists he got back about 90% of his speech he says he will make a comeback again and he will be working on this like he exercises his body daily, he will be exercising his brain and continuing with rigorous speech therapy to regain what he can he's 89 now. he made some comments about this he said many of those who face adversity like this at 89 choose to hide it he says my life has always been an open book some chapters have been great, others not so much regardless i've appreciated the resulting accolades and criticism as i face different personal and professional challenges he also says he thinks he's in the fourth quarter of life he says he wouldn't have thought that a year ago. but that it does feel like the

t. boone pickens says on his linkedin across he had a texas-size fall that required hospitalization. he's still mentally strong and it's a little hard to find the words that he's looking for to speak clearly. he's confident that speech therapy will fix that problem. >>> and according to the financial website newark, new jersey is the most stressed city in new york followed by detroit and cleveland. they take into work hours, commute time, debt load, divorce rates and suicide. the least stressed city is fremont, california. you're up to date, guys. back to you. >> sue, thank you very much. we have 28 minutes left in the trading session with the dow up a point, and i'm here with the very relaxed gordon sharyla wit rosenblatt securities. we were talking earlier whether this market is on autopilot or cruise control you have overseas major banks meeting and all these earnings come out and all these initiatives going on here and yet the market -- the nasdaq is up ten days in a row. >> we're consolidating here and the buyer still remains to the upside we had oil that came in here a little b